Take dinner up a delicious notch with this firecracker salmon! Fresh salmon fillets are smothered in a homemade firecracker sauce using buffalo sauce, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, and garlic. It's an easy to make and flavorful meal for weeknights.
Ingredients
Firecracker Sauce
½ cupbuffalo sauce
½ cuphoney
2tablespoonssoy sauce
1tablespoonrice vinegar
2teaspoonsEACH: grated ginger and minced garlic
The Salmon
4servingssalmon, skin removed
1teaspoonEACH: black pepper and mild or spicy paprika
1tablespoonavocado oil
Minced chives and sesame seeds, to serve
Instructions
In a shallow bowl big enough to fit the salmon, mix the buffalo sauce, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, and garlic.
½ cup buffalo sauce, ½ cup honey, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 2 teaspoons EACH: grated ginger and minced garlic
Dry the salmon with paper towels and then sprinkle both sides evenly with pepper and paprika.
4 servings salmon, 1 teaspoon EACH: black pepper and mild or spicy paprika
Put the salmon into the bowl with the sauce and mix it around so that it is covered. Put the bowl into the fridge to marinate for 30 minutes - see notes.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Remove the salmon from the marinade (save the marinade!) and add the salmon to the pan. Cook for 3 minutes then carefully flip the salmon over and cook for another 3 minutes.
1 tablespoon avocado oil
Pour the reserved marinade over the salmon and bring it to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat then serve the salmon with minced chives and sesame seeds over top.
Minced chives and sesame seeds
Notes
If you're short on time you can skip marinating the salmon. Simply sear it and then add the sauce to the pan.